This Sizzix die is called "heart box and key" and it is an XL die. I embossed the heart with one of the new birthday embossing folders set.
And since I had this kitty lying around, I decided to put her on the box. The rose is also a leftover from the last paper party. I usually will keep my scraps but I do have my cleaning moments and end up throwing things out.
I made her a little goodie bag to take back home. I put some stamps in this bag but I couldn't fit the rest of the items in it.
This die is a Sizzix pro die called tall bag. I've used it so many times for different things. The stamp is from CC Designs called Little Bug Emma. She looks a little crooked but she isn't. It must of been the way I took the picture. I lost my photo editing program on my old computer so I'm using the one that comes with this computer.
I used Dandelion Design stamps and now I can't remember the name of the skunk. I cut the scalloped edge card piece with the new Tim Holtz edge die. Grass punch is a Martha Stewart punch.
The punched flower on the card is a Martha Stewart punch called "pop-up water lilly" and comes in 2 sizes.
Here's a closer view on the flower and how it looks popped up.
So yesterday I was feeling fruity and decided to take out my Apple Emma stamp from CC Designs and finally put some ink on her. I used glossy accents on all the red apples. You can sort of see the shine.
And I've been seeing a lot of cards where the insides are decorated too so I decided to try it on this one. That border punch is a Martha Stewart punch and I can't remember the name of it. But I did get it from the store.
I had a wonderful surprise from one of our customers Diane. She sent me a beautiful Mother's Day tag card with a container filled with one of the best Chinese almond cookies I ever tasted. I've been eating some everyday and the container is almost empty. Yummy! 
The beanie on her head reminds me of my daughter who likes wearing stuff like that.
This one is called ornate and it cuts only the edge out. So you can make your card any size that you want. The "thanks" word is a Martha Stewart border punch.
So that is what inspired me to make this strawberry card. I used a Sizzix die called flower and strawberry to die cut the strawberry. This was a die from last year's release.
Roses were made using the 3-D flower die and the green vine is called flourish, flower with leaves. All of these new dies should be in the stores now. You can stick a gift card inside the tea cup and stuff it with tissue paper.
I decided to put Miss Kiki La Rue on this cupcake since she is holding a cupcake too. By the way, this is an XL die called cupcake card with holder. I ran the cupcake holder part through my Fiskars paper crimper.
Threw on some chunky glitter for the frosting and a Sizzix rub-on for the word. Rub-on's come in handy when you're rushing to finish.
Here is what the cupcake holder looks like and the card that goes in the holder.
I used the fence die from a couple years ago to decorate the box. And all the papers are scraps from other projects. Lately since I've been cleaning out my craft room, I've been finding stuff that I forgot I even had.
The green label die cut is a cut out piece from the ornate box die. I embossed it with the animal print embossing folder.
Here's a close up of the rose. It was real easy to make the rose. I used a bamboo skewer to make it.
Here is the pocket card that we made this past Saturday for the make & take at the store. We used Tim Holtz dies to decorate the card. It's kind of a different look for me but I am liking the vintagy distressed look these days.
If you are interested, send me an email. You will also have to pick it up. And it is free.
This card reminded me that Mother's Day is coming up. Even though my mom is no longer here, I still have many fond memories of her.
Initially I stamped "Happy Mother's Day" on the inside of the card but it somehow got messed up. So I decided to cover it up instead of throwing the card away. 
I used an older Sizzix XL die called bag with scallops. I left the sides of the bag off and just used the main piece. The background stamp is one of my favorites right now from Hero Arts called dots. This was the first time I used my blue memento ink pad.
I stuck a googly eye on the fish and glittered the scales. 
We used a clear stamp set called "magical castle"and the background stamp is a cling stamp called dots. This was the first time I used the new Hero hues paper and I like how one side is a color and the other side is white. And because it was Easter, I gave the ladies a Hersheys candy to put in their project. If you haven't gone there yet, go and check out MunchKins in Mililani Town Center. 
One of the ladies that came by on Saturday brought me this really cute Easter basket that she made! Thanks so much Gail, it was so sweet of you!
My husband came home with this next basket from Jenny V. I met Jenny at Teri's summer party last year. I love that CC Designs stamp that she used to decorate the egg shaped basket. She filled it with lots of candies and even these really cute flower shaped buttons. They were so cute! Thanks so much Jenny!!! So thoughtful of you!
This next basket was made by Lori. It is so cute and I love all the different embellishments and colors that she used. Thanks so much Lori!!! I want to get the instructions from you for this one.
I have a ton of scraps lying around on my craft table and ended up making this egg shaped card for Easter. The egg is cut from the Spellbinders egg nesties die.
The other day I found a bag filled with old EK Success punches that were my samples from back in the days and I found a little bunny punch. So I punched out little pink bunnies and stuck one on this card and decorated the inside of the card. Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the inside of the card. But the inside says, Happy Easter honey bunny. All stamps are Dandelion Designs.
Bunny stamp and eggs are from Dandelion Designs. Coloring was fast since the stamps are small. I filled the box with M & M's and tied a ribbon on the top.
I actually cased this card style from one of the Hero designers here. I tried coloring this CC Design stamp from what I learned last Saturday when Jodie did a copic make & take at the store. Thanks Jodie for all the tips.
I was so thrilled last week when I picked up my gf Teri for lunch. She made me this really cute bunny basket/tote. You should check out her blog because she has a tutorial on how she made this little cutie. Thanks Teri, I really enjoyed all the delicious candies that came with this.
Thanks for stopping by today and have a wonderful weekend!!!
I used a Spellbinder's nesties to cut the center of my card and decorated the inside with these girls from Hero Arts called "sweet wonderful you".
I stamped the background of the card with a Hero Arts cling stamp called "flower wallpaper". All inks used were Memento inks from Tsukineko.
This first card is Cherry Emma. I used a Sizzix die for the frame called frame #2. The last time I used this die was for a tv shoot on The Joy of Crafting show where I made this into a gift card holder. The stamped background is a Hero Arts cling stamp called friends background and the white card is embossed from a Sizzix TI folder called winter set.
This next card is Lil' Bug Emma. I used an XL die from Sizzix called layered elegant card. Sorry that this picture is at an angle but I was having a hard time taking it because of the lighting in my kitchen. The bottom piece is embossed with a Sizzix TI called dots and the top layered piece is embossed with a new TI folder called birds, flowers and branches. I met the artist at the CHA show and she gave me this set to play with.
For the card background, I used a Quickutz embossing folder that I bought from Stamps & Memories. The embossed oval die is from the Hello Kitty spring set. For some reason, her cheeks came out looking splotchy.
This next picture is a purse favor that I made using a Sizzix XL die called purse with ornate flap.
I used a Sizzix embossing folder for the dots background and made the flowers from the flower layers sizzlit set.
Here's a side view of the treat holder and I stuck a package of rice crackers in there and it fit perfect.
The embossed white background is from the Hello Kitty spring set and I also used Spellbinders large scallop ovals in both large and small sizes. Glitter paper is from Trimcraft.
Stamps used are from Hero Arts called "magical castle". To make the grass, I used the Martha Stewart fringe scissors.
Here's a side view of the bag. I tried to get a good photo but sometimes what I see through the camera isn't exactly the angle that I am trying to get. Anyways, the side is a triangle and the top of the bag flaps over.
We used the Sizzix Big Shot Pro machine to make this pocket card holder. It is a 12x12 die and I thought it would be nice to let everyone try out this new machine. The scallop circle is on one of the A6 card dies but you can also buy it separate. It is one of the movers and shapers die. I couldn't decide which Pebbles paper to use so I gave everyone a choice of polka dots or stripes. And polka dots was the favored paper to use.
We used Quincy from Dandelion Designs for the stamped image. He's such a cutie! And instead of putting a card in the pocket, I gave everyone nori rice crackers to put in the pocket.
I used the Sizzix gatefold card die to make the card. Stamp is from TGF. Background stamp is raindots background from Hero Arts. Spellbinders nestabilities Label 3 and paper is white core from DCWV.
The inside says, "hang in there". LOL! So far she has been and I don't know how she works full time at a nursing home, part time at a kid's store and goes to school 5 days a week.
